Exploring the learning experiences of business students: the case of a virtual university in Spain

Abstract

The relevance of creative and experiential projects in Higher Education shows that the configuration of their main attributes for satisfaction and happiness in the classroom is a very important question. The main objectives of this manuscript are the following: 1) to describe the configuration of learning experiences in Higher Education as a set of evidences causing positive outcomes in the behaviour of professors and students; and 2) to evaluate empirically the main dimensions for satisfaction and happiness in the classroom in the context of a virtual university in Spain. Firstly, this research presents a review of this theoretical approach and secondly a managerial process for professors in the classroom is designed and validated.

This research shows the relevance to explore several dimensions for success in the classroom and present an inventory of indicators to promote positive learning experiences, happiness and satisfaction to different levels of management. To sum up, the results and conclusions of this research are relevant in decisions of educational policy, but also on the teaching practice and theory in the scope of this study.